[pgpool-hackers: 4590] Re: If reading password from .pcppass file fails, try to read it from prompt.

[Tatsuo Ishii]

> Currently, if password cannot be retrieved from .pcppass file, pcp command fails with the following messages:
> 
>     FATAL:  authentication failed for user "<username>"
>     DETAIL:  username and/or password does not match
> 
> If reading the password from the .pcppass file fails, it should fall back to prompting the user for input, similar to how PostgreSQL handles .pgpass.
> 
> Patch is attached. 
> This patch also changes the following messages to be displayed without requiring the --debug option:
> 
>     WARNING: password file \"%s\" is not a plain file
>     WARNING: password file \"%s\" has group or world access; permissions should be u=rw (0600) or less
> 
> Any comments?

I think it's a good idea. I agree behaving similar to PostgreSQL is
always good, since that brings less confusion to PostgreSQL users.

Patch looks good to me.

Best regards,
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Tatsuo Ishii
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